Scrapbook page - Caitlin

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Deep Thoughts by Caitlin

"Sometimes dogs talk when they are talking dogs."

Response to me saying dogs don't talk

Caitlin's checkup

Caitlin recently had a checkup. She is 40 inches high, 78th percentile, and is 31.5 pounds, 32nd percentile. The doctor said that she can't go to a booster seat until she is 4 AND 40 pounds. She is NEVER going to get there!!!! The doctor asked her a bunch of developmental questions and Caitlin started showing out. When the doctor asked if she could count, Caitlin said, "Yes, 1, 2, 3, no wait, I want to do it in Spanish. Uno, dos, tres . . . ." and proceeded to count to 15 in Spanish. The doctor was floored. She said Caitlin was just perfect in every way. I have to agree!! But I am a little biased. :)

Happy Valentines Day!!

We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!!

We got back from Kansas a few days ago. Wow, what a drive!! But we had a great visit with Papa Larry and Grandma Neese (Rusty's dad and his wife, Denise). Caitlin did great in the car and sleeping - always a concern for us when we travel. She loved sleeping the one night in the hotel in the big bed all by herself!!

We drove on Tuesday and stopped halfway in Kansas City and this is what we got the next morning. SNOW!!!


But finally we got there and we were so happy to not be driving anymore!



We took Caitlin to the Exploration Place in Wichita and she loved playing with all the exhibits.

And she got to go to Chuck E Cheese - one of her favorite things to do!!

We loved our visit!! But it was nice to sleep in our own bed again. :)

In A Bubble

This was an exhibit at the Exploration Place. You pull the rope and a bubble is formed around you. Caitlin loved it!! (Sorry it's sideways!)

Another cool exhibit from Exploration Place.

Caitlin's new school

Well, I finally found a school for Caitlin. There is a 3 star place literally 2 blocks from my work and I went and checked them out today. WOW - I loved it. It was so much better than any of the places in Smyrna and around the same price. So I signed her up. It is called Children's Christian Center and they've been there for 50 years. She will have two teachers. One has been there for 12 years and one for 2 years so I feel confident in their experience and loyalty. The rooms are all huge so there is plenty of space for them to play and learn. They only have a 3-day slot open right now, but in June she will go full-time. Since she is taking the full-time slot they have open, she is automatically in for the next school year. Otherwise, we would have had to try the first come first serve registration that they do in March and probably not have gotten in. The director said that usually they have people standing in line at 4 in the morning for their available slots. No thanks!! So I feel very lucky and happy that Caitlin will be in a great place. I think she will LOVE it!!!